"Often cast as the peacemaker in free software disputes, Bruce Perens is on the warpath. When we caught up with him, he wasn't in a mood to be charitable to Novell. On Friday the Utah company, which markets the SuSE Linux distribution, revealed that it was entering into a partnership with Microsoft. Redmond would pay Novell an undisclosed sum in return for Novell recognizing Microsoft's intellectual property claims. Novell received a 'Covenant' promising that it wouldn't be sued by Microsoft."It's a case of 'Damn the people who write the software'", he told us. "Novell is in a desperate position - it has a smaller share of the market than Debian,"" he told The Register. Update: Novell responds to community's questions: here, here and here. Update 2: Havoc Pennington's take.

You are a troll as shown by every single post on every single linux thread that you have ever posted. Your posting history also demonstrates this.

You cultist are pathetically thin skinned.

You rage about Microsoft. You lie about Microsoft. Its pathetic. And if someone points out your lies - they are a troll.

If someone says something nice about Microsoft - they are a troll.

The truth is the cultists are the trolls. They are obnoxious, hate mongers who have a tiny, tiny presence on the desktops of the world ... but they act like they are on a mission from god.

They also have no sense of humor. They don't like opposition of any kind. And for the most part they are appallingly igorant about Microsoft software.

I tried polite and factual. I was modded down maliciously. No wonder you think every post of mine is annoying. Almost all are modded down, no matter how well referenced - so you and the cult don't have to read them.

You rage about Microsoft. You lie about Microsoft. Its pathetic. And if someone points out your lies - they are a troll.

If someone says something nice about Microsoft - they are a troll.

The truth is the cultists are the trolls. They are obnoxious, hate mongers who have a tiny, tiny presence on the desktops of the world ... but they act like they are on a mission from god.

They also have no sense of humor. They don't like opposition of any kind. And for the most part they are appallingly igorant about Microsoft software.

I tried polite and factual. I was modded down maliciously. No wonder you think every post of mine is annoying. Almost all are modded down, no matter how well referenced - so you and the cult don't have to read them.